WEEK 10:MKE and Me getting through Holidays...

Rolling into the Holidays and working on the mental diet was a bit more challenging then I thought. I primed myself and was feeling confident in my approach. That week being both my mother’s and my birthdays is always, hers on the 22nd and mine on 23rd. I knew things would be interesting. Well I was did great until an unexpected guest arrived. My mother’s only brother showed up, I haven’t seen him in Seven years. In the same instant of greeting him and happily opening the door to welcome him in... my mental diet counter was reset back to zero.

“Why you carrying so much weight, you’re getting too old for that you know better” no hello, no how are you, no good to see you.... so in that instant I was both annoyed and pissed. Yeah he once was my favorite dude, my idol. He taught me how to play basketball, how to box, how to play baseball. In short he was the foundation for most of my athletic interest as a kid. Yet in that moment I realized it wasn’t due to any interest in me. It was some reflection of how he saw me not him seeing me. So I hugged him said it was good to see him and directed him to the kitchen to surprise my mom. She was stricken speechless and burst into tears at the sight of him. And with that I washed away my upset and simply thanked him for coming because in that moment there was only space to Love.

#MasterKey